University of Chicago
Room 240, Searle Chemistry Lab, 5735 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637Dec 15-17, 2014
8:30 am - 4:30 pm (Day 1), 8.30 am - 4.30 pm (Day 2), 8.30 am - 11.00 am (Day 3)
General Information
The Open Science Grid (OSG) is a national scale distributed infrastructure for scientific computing. The OSG Connect service provides easy access to the resources that OSG provides. The OSG also offers training and tutorials for the scientists and researchers. As part of our training service we are offering an extended Software Carpentry workshop which augments instruction on basic Linux tools and programming with tutorials on using distributed high throughput computing workflows on the OSG. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic lab skills for computing like program design, version control, data management, and task automation.
This workshop is being run by the OSG, in collaboration with Software Carpentry.
Instructors: Bala Desinghu, Suchandra Thapa, David Champion, Lincoln Bryant, Rob Gardner
Helpers: Anna Olson
Who: The course is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and other researchers.
Where: Room 240, Searle Chemistry Lab, 5735 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps. You will enter at the basement level. Turn south inside Searle to take the elevator to floor 2. Exiting the elevator, turn right twice, quickly, to head east down the hallway to room 240.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a few specific software packages installed (listed below).
Contact: Please mail balamurugan@uchicago.edu for more information.
Hang out on the Etherpad
Join the etherpad to ask questions and find useful information during the lesson.
Registration
Event is free but registration required. Space is limited for the event. To register, please visit here
Schedule
Day 1
| 08:30 | Software setup and account signup |
| 09:00 | Welcome Address |
| 09:15 | Introduction to the Unix shell |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Introduction to the Unix shell (continued) |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Version control with Git |
| 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 | Version control with Git (continued) |
| 17:00 | Wrap Up |
Day 2
| 08:30 | Set up and review of day 1 |
| 09:00 | Building programs with Python |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Building programs with Python (continued) |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Distributed High Throughput Computing |
| 14:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:00 | Distributed High Throughput Computing (continued) |
| 17:00 | Wrap Up |
Day 3
| 08:30 | Set up and review of day 2 |
| 09:00 | Distributed computing on OSG Connect |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 | Distributed computing on OSG Connect |
| 11:00 | Close |
Setup Instructions
Lessons
Course material for the workshop.